Gemma said: “I wouldn’t say I am up for romance in the jungle. Although I’m officially single, I have been on a few dates with somebody at home. I don’t want to put it all behind me and think I’m free.

“I just want to go in there and show the public a different side of me.

“If anything happens in there, it happens. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t.”

But on Wednesday she also hinted there was someone special in her life when she said: “When you are away from someone it makes you realise how much you love them.”